Murray, Federer, Kerber advance as Cilic and Kyrgios shown door
While Andy Murray defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-0, 6-2, Dan Evans upset Marin Cilic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
MELBOURNE: Andy Murray looked every bit the world No. 1 as he gave Russian teenager Andrey Rublev a lesson in Grand Slam tennis to reach the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 win on Wednesday.
Only a nasty tumble in the third set on Rod Laver Arena stalled his march to victory and the top-seeded Briton said the right ankle he rolled on was “a bit sore” at the end of the contest.
“I don’t know how bad it is,” said the 29-year-old. “Just normally if it’s something like severe, a serious ankle injury, you can’t put weight on your foot.”
Five-time a losing finalist at Melbourne Park, Murray had laboured through his opening round victory over Illya Marchenko in the full heat of the opening day of the tournament.
Wednesday’s performance in the evening of a much cooler day was of a far higher calibre.
The Wimbledon and Olympic champion was in clinical form, smashing 29 winners and ensuring that the 19-year-old Rublev was unable to get a single break point on his serve. Next up for Murray in the third round on Friday is American Sam Querrey. discovered. Ever since John Isner emerged victorious from ‘the endless match’ at Wimbledon in 2010 — when he beat Nicolas Mahut in a three-day, 183-game epic lasting over 11 hours — the American has left a string of opponents feeling dazed and confused.
On day three in Melbourne, Zverev was sucked into a whirlwind for over four hours, lost his bearings and lost track of the score against the tall American.
He somehow survived the ordeal to reach the third round with a 6-7(4), 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(7), 9-7 triumph over Isner. hustler with a big serve and powerful forehand, played above his 200th ranking and Federer doffed his cap to the Long Island native.
But the Swiss master said he would need to play better against big-hitting Berdych, despite winning their last five meetings, including a comfortable quarter-final victory at Melbourne Park last year. JA NUARY Y 1 9, 2 0 1 7